Police are continuing to question a 25-year-old man after a school caretaker was stabbed in the face.
A 25-year-old man has been charged in connection with the stabbing of a school caretaker.
The injury was inflicted as the man helped restrain a thief seen rifling through lockers on Friday at the King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Andrew Arnold, from Red Lion Lane in Exeter, Devon, is charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
A second member of staff suffered minor injuries when the thief who had been detained in a classroom lashed out.
Jason Backes, 34, was stabbed in the face after helping restrain a man at King Edward VI School in Stratford-upon-Avon.
A youth of 17 who was later arrested on a train with the man being questioned, has been released without charge.
Mr Arnold is due before magistrates in Stratford on Monday.
The stabbing happened as the caretaker was alerted to a man seen taking items from lockers at the school in Church Street.
A 17-year-old youth arrested with the accused on a train has since been released without charge.
Train arrests
The 25-year-old is also charged with two counts of theft.
The man was restrained and held in a classroom by a number of staff members, but became violent and lashed out with scissors.
The caretaker was stabbed in the cheek and later taken for treatment at Warwick Hospital.
Det Ch Insp Adrian Pearson said the man ran from the school and was chased by staff and a number of sixth formers but managed to escape by jumping over a gate in nearby Chapel Street.
Two males, aged 25 and 17, were later arrested on a Birmingham-bound train at Earlswood Station.
The man still in custody is being held on suspicion of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
